The Full Moon Open Mic (FMOM) began on December 21st, 2005 at the Eldia Market and Coffeehouse in Orleans.

David Roth wanted to offer a forum for local musicians, poets, storytellers, and artists where each would have an opportunity to be heard in a respectful and attentive environment. The FMOM is now in it’s 19th year, and though the event is absolutely free, a voluntary donation bucket is put out for a local non-profit every time. As a result of this we’ve received nearly $17,000 for more than 50 organizations over the years, and we’re thrilled to come to Chatham for the first time to continue our journey! www.davidrothmusic.com

This time, we’ll accept donations for Best Buddies Massachusetts and Rhode Island! Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to friendship, pre-employment training, employment opportunities, leadership development and living around the world, for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Visit: Best Buddies.org

Orleans resident David Roth is a singer, songwriter, and recording artist who has taken his songs, experience, and expertise to a wide variety of venues in this and other countries full-time for more than three decades. His work has found its way to Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, several Chicken Soup for the Soul books, the Kennedy Center, Peter, Paul, & Mary and Kingston Trio CDs, NASA’s Goddard Space Center (his song “Rocket Science” sailed on the space shuttle Atlantis in 2009), the Rise Up Singing and Rise Again (sequel) songbooks, the Kerrville (TX) New Folk Award, and 15 CDs on the Wind River and Stockfisch (Germany) labels. The former artist-in-residence at New York’s Omega Institute has been on many of Christine Lavin’s seminal Rounder Records compilations, and has also taught singing, songwriting, and performance at many music camps around the country. David serves as Executive Director for SummerSongs Songwriting Camp (NY) and is also creator of the Cape Cod Songwriters Retreat and the Cape’s Full Moon Open Mic which since 2005 has provided a forum for musicians to connect and be heard while at the same time collecting donations (nearing $17,000 to date) for local non-profits to help neighbors in need.